Sarga 77 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
purā tretāyuge rāma babhūva bahuvistaram | samantādyojanaśataṃ vimṛgaṃ pakṣivarjitam || 7.77.1 ||
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tasminnirmānuṣe 'raṇye kurvāṇastapa uttamam | ahamākramituṃ saumya tadaraṇyamupāgamam || 7.77.2 ||
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tasya rūpamaraṇyasya nirdeṣṭuṃ na śaśāka ha | phalamūlaiḥ sukhāsvādairbahurūpaiśca pādapaiḥ || 7.77.3 ||
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tasyāraṇyasya madhye tu saro yojanamāyatam | haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam || 7.77.4 ||
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padmotpalasamākīrṇaṃ samatikrāntaśaivalam | tadāścaryamivātyarthaṃ sukhāsvādamanuttamam || 7.77.5 ||
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arajaskaṃ tathā 'kṣobhyaṃ śrīmatpakṣigaṇāyutam | samīpe tasya saraso mahadadbhutamāśramam || 7.77.6 ||
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purāṇaṃ puṇyamatyarthaṃ tapasvijanavarjitam | tatrāhamavasaṃ rātriṃ naidāghīṃ puruṣarṣabha || 7.77.7 ||
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prabhāte kālyamutthāya sarastadupacakrame | athāpaśyaṃ śavaṃ tatra supuṣṭamajaraṃ kvacit || 7.77.8 ||
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paṅkibhedena puṣṭāṅgaṃ samāśritasarovaram | tiṣṭhantaṃ parayā lakṣmyā tasmiṃstoyāśaye nṛpa || 7.77.9 ||
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tamarthaṃ cintayāno 'haṃ muhūrtaṃ tatra rāghava | uṣito 'smi sarastīre kinnvidaṃ syāditi prabho || 7.77.10 ||
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athāpaśyaṃ muhūrtena divyamadbhutadarśanam | vimānaṃ paramodāraṃ haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam || 7.77.11 ||
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atyarthaṃ svargiṇaṃ ta vimāne raghunandana | upāste 'psarasāṃ vīra sahasraṃ divyabhūṣaṇam || 7.77.12 ||
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gāyanti divyageyāni vādayanti tathā 'parāḥ | kṣvelayanti tathā cānyā nṛtyanti ca tathā 'parāḥ || 7.77.13 ||
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aparāścandraraśmyābhairhemadaṇḍaiśca cāmaraiḥ | dodhūyurvadanaṃ tasya puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam || 7.77.14 ||
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tataḥ siṃhāsanaṃ tyaktvā merukūṭamivāṃśumān | paśyato me tadā rāma vimānādavaruhya ca | taṃ śavaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa sa svargī raghunandana || 7.77.15 ||
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tathā bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ māṃsaṃ bahu supīvaram | avatīrya saraḥ svargī saṃspraṣṭumupacakrame || 7.77.16 ||
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upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ sa svargī raghupuṅgava | āroḍhumupacakrāma vimānavaramuttamam || 7.77.17 ||
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tamahaṃ devasaṅkāśamārohantamudīkṣya vai | athāhamabruvaṃ vākyaṃ svargiṇaṃ puruṣarṣabha || 7.77.18 ||
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ko bhavāndevasaṅkāśa āhāraśca vigarhitaḥ | tvayedaṃ bhujyate saumya kimarthaṃ vaktumarhasi || 7.77.19 ||
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kasya syādīdṛśo bhāva āhāro devasammataḥ | āścaryaṃ vartate saumya śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 7.77.20 ||
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nāhamaupayikaṃ manye tava bhakṣyamidaṃ śavam || 7.77.21 ||
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ityevamuktaḥ sa narendra nākī kautūhalātsūnṛtayā girā ca | śrutvā ca vākyaṃ mama sarvametatsarvaṃ tathā cākathayanmameti || 7.77.22 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe saptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ || 77 ||
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